Tarique Rahman swore in as Bangladesh prime minister after BNP’s landslide win in general elections

Tarique Rahman has taken the oath as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday, 17 February. The swearing-in has come a few days after his party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), registered a landslide victory in last week’s parliamentary elections, the country’s first since the massive 2024 anti-government uprising, which saw former prime minister Sheikh…

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Bangladesh gets its first male PM in 36 years today — Tarique Rahman to take oath

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman Tarique Rahman will take oath as Bangladesh’s new Prime Minister at 4 pm on Tuesday, February 17 —days after his party secured a landslide win against Jamaat-e-Islami in the Bangladesh Elections. Rahman’s BNP bagged 209 out of 297 seats, while right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami secured 68 seats in the 13th Parliamentary elections….

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